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Rahila Boukari, a 26-year-old mother of three, had barely enough money to take her youngest daughter, Chafaatou, to the intensive nutrition centre in Guidan-Roumji, south-central Niger.
By the time they arrived at the centre, Chafaatou was extremely ill. She was suffering from protein-energy deficiency...

At the western tip of the Sahel belt, in rural Gambia, families struggle to make a living and provide for their families. Farmers and fishermen face a common threat: the yearly rainy season started late and rains were scarce. They told OCHA how this recurrent climate-related challenge impacts their...

Late and erratic rainfall has left thousands of families in the Gambia facing the prospect of lean months ahead.
In many villages along the Gambia’s Central River region, families rely on agriculture and fishing for income and food. But crops are withering in the fields, and the lack of rain...

Nirmala had lost all hope for her 13 month old son Popat. He was dying. “It’s hard to see your child wasting away in front of your eyes,” the mother of five said.
Popat was suffering from severe acute malnutrition. Tharparkar, a rural district of Sindh province in south-east Pakistan,...